... California and Virginia. Other boats like the USS Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee all suffered a heavy amount of damage. Edward F. Borucki, a Pearl Harbor veteran told me that at 7:55 the general alarm sounded. He heard yelling, "Man your battle stations! Japanese planes attacking! Break out ammunition! This is no drill! " He mentioned he dashed to his battle station and was dropped by ... other planes to fly back in groups to the six aircraft carriers that were 200 some miles from the Hawaiian Islands. Doctors and Nurses worked and operated all around the clock to help the wounde...

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... to do everything in their power to soften the blow of the attack. Soon after a second wave followed. All of these attacks on Pearl Harbor finally ended a little before ten o"clock. The overall results were devastating; eighteen battleships were hit and more than 200 aircraft were either destroyed or damaged.(Farago, 262) One battleship, the Arizona, was totally lost in the ... world still goes to see the memorial today. It is one great due of respects to the men who fought and who was at Pearl Harbor.(Us News, 1) At one o"clock PM, the ships that launched the planes from 274 miles off t...

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